Cost and expense are two different things. Everyone worries about the expense of building barns for hay storage. Yes, barns are a big capital expense. Sometimes the method with the least expense ...

Every step in the process of making hay, storing the hay and feeding the bales results in some level of dry matter loss, and ...

Hay quality is a key component to animal performance and proper hay storage is a key component to hay quality, Hall said. Hay loss can be expected, even under a barn, so mitigation and risk ...

Above all, hay-ventilation should prevent the spoiling of hay through mold growth. In addition, spontaneous combustions are prevented which can occur when storing hay with relatively high residual ...